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Naoko Ellis, PhD

Naoko Ellis, PhD

Professor

Chemical reaction engineering, multiphase reactors, CO2 capture, bioenergy, sustainability education and leadership, science outreach, sustainable development, systems approach, energy transition, transdisciplinarity, collaborative learning

U. Rashid Sumaila, FRSC

U. Rashid Sumaila, FRSC

Professor

Canada Research Chair (Tier I, Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics)

Fisheries economics, marine biodiversity, ocean conservation, biological diversity

David Boyd, JD, PhD

David Boyd, JD, PhD

Associate Professor of Law, Policy, and Sustainability

Environmental law, environmental policy, rights of nature, right to a healthy environment, human rights and environment, urban sustainability, sustainable development

Kai Chan, PhD

Kai Chan, PhD

Professor

Canada Research Chair, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, biodiversity conservation, sustainability science, social-ecological systems, environmental assessment, environmental policy, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. Sahil Bhandari, PhD

Dr. Sahil Bhandari, PhD

Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow

Environment, Environmental engineering, Environmental politics, Pollution, Sustainability, Sustainability in Building and Transportation,

Gordon Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE

Gordon Richard Lovegrove, PEng, MBA, PhD, FITE

Associate Professor

Principal Investigator, Sustainable Transport Safety Research Laboratory

Chair, Sustainable Development Committee and Canadian Society of Civil Engineers

Sustainability, sustainable transportation, transportation planning, sustainable road safety, sustainable communities, transportation demand management, safety audits, macro-level collision prediction models, social cost benefit analyses, sustainable development, public transport, public transit

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Research Associate & Principal Investigator

marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,

Prof. Jiaying Zhao, PhD

Associate Professor

Poverty, sustainability, psychology, cognition, decision making, judgment, perception, attention, learning, sustainable development,

Amanda Giang

Assistant Professor

Mercury pollution, toxic chemicals, air pollution, global environmental governance, air quality modelling, environmental justice, science policy, environmental policy analysis, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. Melissa McHale, PhD

Associate Professor

Urban Forestry, Urban Ecology, Urban Sustainability, Sustainability Science, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Ecology, Carbon Cycling, Social-Ecological Studies, Transdisciplinary Science, Landscape Preferences, Land Cover Land Use Change, Equity, Environmental Justice, Urban Tree Canopy, Urbanization, African Cities, Urban Ecosystem Convergence, Urban Homogenization,

Tara Moreau, PhD

Tara Moreau, PhD

Sessional Instructor

Associate Director, Sustainability and Community Programs

Sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, urban agriculture, community-based research, biodiversity, integrated pest management, best management practices, climate change, mitigation, adaptation, resilience, food policy, non-profit organizations, social enterprise, biological diversity, sustainable development, crop farming, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Cristiano Loss

Cristiano Loss

Assistant Professor in Timber Engineering

Associate Chair of UBC Wood Building Design and Construction

Timber Engineering, Timber Design, Mass Timber Assemblies, Engineered Wood Products, Sustainability, Reliability-Based Design, Seismic Design, Dynamic of Structures, Design by Testing, Design for Deconstruction,

William Cheung

William Cheung

Professor

Canada Research Chair (Tier II, Ocean Sustainability and Global Change)

Director, Changing Ocean Research Unit

Director of Science of Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program

Global change, climate change, oceans, fisheries, biodiversity, marine and coastal, ecosystems, conservation, adaptation, impact assessment, fisheries management, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Martin Ordonez, PhD, PEng

Martin Ordonez, PhD, PEng

Associate Professor | Canada Research Chair – Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems | Holder of the Fred Kaiser Professorship on Power Conversion and Sustainability | Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics | Editor, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy

Canada Research Chair in Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems

Energy systems, renewable energy, wind power, solar power, battery systems, fuel cells, electric vehicles, smart grid, sustainable development

Kees Lokman, MDesS, MSc

Kees Lokman, MDesS, MSc

Associate Professor

coastal adaptation, planning and design of infrastructure to address climate risk and sustainability

Dr. Sean Fleming

Dr. Sean Fleming

Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

Applied R&D Technical Lead, National Water and Climate Center, US Department of Agriculture

Water resources, hydrology, flooding, water supply, water quality, rivers, groundwater, forecasting, prediction, computational modeling, artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, climate variability, climate change, contaminated sites, environmental remediation, mountain glaciers, geophysics, practical applications, environmental monitoring, environmental management, water resource management, environmental policy, public engagement, science and society,

Navin Ramankutty

Navin Ramankutty

Professor

sustainable agriculture, food systems, climate change, global environmental change, global data, global models,

Balsher Singh Sidhu, PhD

Balsher Singh Sidhu, PhD

Postdoctoral fellow

Agriculture, Climate change, Environment, Farming, Sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, India, Water, Irrigation, Global environmental change, Crop yields, Crop models, IPCC, Food production,

Emily Cranston

Emily Cranston

Associate Professor

President’s Excellence Chair in Forest Bioproducts

Bio-based materials, cleantech, value-added products from the forest, nanocellulose, circular bioeconomy, plastic replacements, polymers, plastics, bio-products, nanotechnology, microscopy, green chemistry and engineering, sustainability, nano biocomposites, cellulose

Louise Nelson, PhD Microb

Professor

Soil microbiology, plant-microbe interactions, biological control, nitrogen cycling microorganisms, soil health, postharvest fungal pathogens, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development